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In 1984, country music artists Johnny Lee and Lane Brody recorded a song titled "The Yellow Rose," which retained the original melody of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" but with new lyrics, for the title theme to a TV series also titled The Yellow Rose. It was a number one country hit that year. [35]
"The Yellow Rose" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas."It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series of the same name starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album ‘Til the Bars Burn Down.
The Yellow Rose of Texas may refer to: "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (song), a traditional folk song; The Yellow Rose of Texas, a 1944 American film directed by Joseph Kane; The Yellow Rose of Texas (legend) inspired by the activities of Emily D. West in the Texas Revolution; The Yellow Rose of Texas (flower), or Rosa 'Harison's Yellow', a hybrid ...
Lynne Connie Voorlas (born September 24, 1955), known professionally as Lane Brody, is an American country music singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit "The Yellow Rose" (a duet with country music singer Johnny Lee), and for the Oscar-nominated song "Over You" from the 1983 film Tender Mercies.
Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American lyricist of popular music.His songs include "The Yellow Rose of Texas" [1] "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (1937), "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (1944) and "Everything but You" (1945). [2]
The Emily Morgan Hotel, in downtown San Antonio, is named in honor of the Texas heroine. Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas".
Older songs, such as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Dixie", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Although the song has been sung since the 41st legislature in 1929, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] it was officially adopted by the 73rd legislature as the state song in 1993.
The ensemble's hits included "The Children's Marching Song" (more commonly known as "This Old Man"), "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena", and "The Yellow Rose of Texas", which topped the U.S. Billboard chart, sold over one million copies in the United States alone, and reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart. [18]